The Tale of the Shepherd Boy

The Tale of the Shepherd Boy

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At the center of the mesmerizing rolling meadows, lived a shepherd boy. His being was mostly untarnished, and unsophisticated. His primary duty was mainly to care for his flock of sheep.

Their gentle baas and the murmuring of the gales through the solo tree on the hilltop were his only co-dwellers. Day upon day, watching over his charges imbued in him a feeling of calm satisfaction.

However, there were at times moments of loneliness, when the shepherd boy website would yearn for companionship. During one such occasion because of sheer tedium, the shepherd boy conceived a naughty plot.

Tales of predators hunting on sheep had been heard times and again in the village. So, the boy opted to leveraged this fear and played a prank on the villagers.

One morning he dashed into the village shouting “Wolf! A wolf is attacking my sheep!” The scared villagers ran up the hills to offer assistance but saw nothing threatening.

The boy chuckled at the confusion on their faces. This trick laughed for a few more days. However, one noon, a real wolf actually charge at the grazing sheep. The shepherd boy raced for help, screaming “Wolf, Wolf!” But this time, no one came.

Frustrated and alone, the boy battled against the wolf but managed to protect only few of his sheep. Heartbroken, he went back to the village only to be met with a scolding on honesty and the results of crying wolf.

His tale of this shepherd boy has been transmitted generations as a mediaeval parable for teaching the value of honesty, the consequences of lying and the risks of false alarms. Moreover, it stresses how trust once lost, is hard to reclaim. It's a story as appropriate today as it was then.

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